A German nutritionist warned that excessive salt intake poses a serious health risk, leading to high blood pressure, which paves the way for heart attacks and strokes.

Stephanie Ribe added that the high level of sodium in the body caused by excessive salt intake is always associated with the loss of calcium increasingly, causing the incidence of osteoporosis and osteoporosis.

Excessive salt intake also reduces lactic acid bacteria in the intestines, which are useful for intestinal flora.

To avoid these risks, healthy people should not eat salt more than 5 grams a day, according to the World Health Organization.